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CA, Scheduled Recreational Releases 2017

California is officially in the wettest season on record giving
the state a plethora of paddling choices throughout the year. Here are some of the paddling
opportunities that American Whitewater helped negotiate and implement with hydropower projects
across the state including the South Fork American Slab Creek, South Fork Silver Ice House, North
Fork Feather Rock Creek and Pit 5. Keep in mind we have never seen a season like this and the
flow schedules shared are subject to change. Stay tuned for more!

· Slab Creek Road was closed due to storm damage. SMUD
has indicated with the presence of USFS & SMUD staff they will have these roads open for the
six scheduled recreational flow days. STAY TUNED as AW clarifies what this means in terms
of access on other days and exactly where the closure is (i.e. top of the road or lower)

· This year it is highly likely that recreational streamflows may be
modified or suspended in the event the licensee determines expected inflows from SFAR into Slab
Creek Reservoir are not controllable to 1500 CFS.

· On the Placerville side the road immediately preceding
Mosquito Road Bridge is down to one lane until repairs can be completed due to runoff washing out
the road, the culvert and underneath the retaining wall. THE USUAL PARKING SPOTS BY THE CULVERT
ARE NOT THERE FOR USE. PLEASE DO NOT BE THE BOATER THAT BLOCKS TRAFFIC AT THIS BRIDGE.

· The gauge below Slab Creek has been washed out twice and
is currently not expected to be replaced until later in the year when flow finally recedes to a
level where SMUD is comfortable sending folks back out. Refer to Dreamflows for a
calculated stream flow.

Earlier storm events flooded the Pit 5 Powerhouse and it is off line. PG&E does not
expect to see this fixed until late August 2017. Which means you will see flows in the Pit
5 reach until then. So yes, there will be extra opportunity for the upper Pit 5 run,
however, the same storm events have washed out the road to the lower run take-out. In other
words, the Class IV stretch will be accessible to the Bridge in Big Bend. The take-out for
the Class III section is inaccessible on the Pit 5 Powerhouse Road.